April 3 – 30, 2008

Aga Khan University’s Faculty of Health Sciences, is organising a four-week certificate course in Research Ethics from April 3 to 30, 2008 in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA. Funded by the Higher Education Commission, Government of Pakistan and United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the course is part of the United States-Pakistan Science and Technology Cooperative Programme implemented by the National Academy of Sciences. It is designed to help meet Pakistan ’s increasing need for training in Research Ethics.

· Salient features of the Course: Contemporary Bioethics, Philosophy (Islamic & Western) and Research Ethics;

· Eligibility: Doctors, nurses and other professionals associated with health care, social scientists, health activists, journalists, lawyers and others who wish to develop a fuller understanding of the research ethics.

Selected candidates will receive funding for registration, course material, snacks and boarding (one time return air /train/bus ticket reimbursement for outside Karachi participants only). Please note that funds are NOT available for lodging of the participants.

For application please visit:

www.aku.edu/ News/Courses/

Application deadlines: Monday, March 3, 2008.
Selected candidates will be informed by: Tuesday, March 11, 2008.
For further information, please contact:
Dr. Arshi Farooqui
Programme Coordinator
Tel: 4865521, 4865522
Email: Arshi.farooqui@ aku.edu,
ahmadaasim@yahoo. com